Lara Flynn Boyle

Born on March 24, 1970 in Davenport, IA, Boyle was raised in Chicago by her mother, Sally, a clerical worker who later managed her daughter's career, and her father, a municipal worker. When she was six years old, her parents divorced, leaving the only child to live with her mother. As a teenager, Boyle was diagnosed with dyslexia and later enrolled at the Piven Theater improvisational workshop as a means to develop ways of expressing herself. Despite the challenge of her learning disability, which initially left her feeling helpless on every level, Boyle soon discovered that she could use the disease to her advantage, which in short allowed her to memorize her lines better through repetit... Continue Bio >>